Improvement in sleigh-bell fastenings



HIRAM VEAZEY, OF EAST IIAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

17mm- Patent No. 93,569, dated August 10, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT tIN' SLEG'H-BELL FASTENING-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom, it may concern: 'i

Be it known that I, HIRAM VEAZEY, of East Ham pton,in the county ofMiddlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful-Improvement in Fastening Bells to Leather Belts; and I declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencethcreoinibrming a part of this specification.

In the drawings, the salnelettcrs always indicate the saine parts.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a sleigh-bell fastened by my inventionto a leather belt.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of what is known herein as the washer.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the washer, the

i section being made lengthwise of the slot in the washer.

Figure 4 is a lsectional view of the washer, the section being made atright angles to the section shown in iig. 3, that is, across the slot.

My improvement relates chiefly to the fastening of sleigh-bells to theirbelts, but is applicable as well to the fastening of other bells.

The letter d designates a round sleigh-bell, in sec' tion.

b is the jinglet;

c is the leather belt;

d is a rivet; and

c is the washer.

The hell is cast without a shank, with a hole forl the rivet to enterthrough, and with a projecting teat, or spur each side of the rivethole. So far forth after the Letters Patent of L. C. Chase, dated May14, 1861.

But instead of having these `two teats, or spurs drawn directly into theleather belt, when the rivet is headed, a softmetal washer, e, isintroduced between the bell and the leather.

This washer is at first made, as seen in figs. 2, 3, and 4, with aslo't, e', extending across its upper face, and with a depth of abouthalt' the thickness of the washer.

This washer is best made with a thickness of about one-'eighth of aninch, and with a slot about one-sixteenth of an inch in depth, and ofsome soft metal, 'as brass, 'for instance. V Y

When the parts are pnt together, preparatory to heading the rivet, thetwo teats onthe bell are allowed to rest in the slot in the washer.Then, when the' u'vetis headed down, inside the bell, these teats willbe drawn down strongly into the metal of the washer, and will force downfrom the lower side of the washer, projections, as seen in iig. 1, whichwill sink into the leather, and will hold the bell tightly in its place.

The main improvement or advantage gained by this i washer being -fhereinterposed, is that the rivet and teats cannot so readily work loose inthe metal washer as in the unprotected leather.

I fully disclaim lall the part-s used by me which are covered by thepatent ofl said Chase.

IcIairn as my invention 1. The washer e, made as described,andinterposcd in the manner described between the bell and the belt, forthe purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the teated bell a., the rivet d, the washer c, andthe belt c, the whole constructed and arranged as described, for thepurpose described.

' Dated this 28th day of May, 1869.

lVitnesses: HIRAM YEAZEY.

EUNICE G. ADAMS, FEsTUs E. ADAMS.

